Sarah COX

My Great Great Great Great Great Grandmother

DEATH BY FIRE – An inquest was held at Skeffington on Monday, before J Gregory, Esq, on the body of Sarah Goodman, aged 83. On Wednesday, July 9, deceased, who was very infirm, was standing with her back to the fire, when a lighted stick fell out and set fire to her clothes, from the effects of which she received such severe injuries that she died on Tuesday. Verdict: Accidental Death.
Leicestershire Mercury, Saturday 19 July 1845